Experiments in Collective Intelligence
Yiannis LaourisFuture Worlds Center
The Effects of Media on Children and Young Adults Ramada Hotel Lake Balaton 29 Sep – 1 Oct, 2015
“Social media has become the number one area for children and young adults to gain information, to entertain themselves and moreover to be the first place of the social relations.”
MediaOverflow
Lim [Attention]Reduced critical thinking
“It is the common task and responsibility of parents, teachers, written and online media and the governmental and non-governmental organizations handling them to prepare the youngsters to use social media consciously and safe.”
Diverse Stakeholders
Diff[Opinions]Non-effective solutions
1. Limited attentional capabilities of humans(media overflow)
2. Inability to think and act collectively(to resolve contemporary complex challenges)
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We assert that attentional capabilities are a finite, precious and rare asset
To the same extent that organs should not be exchanged on the market place, our attentional capabilities deserve protective treatment
Respect for attention should be linked to fundamental rights such as privacy and bodily integrity
We believe that, in addition to offering informed choices, the default settings and other designed aspects of our technologies should respect and protect attentional capabilities
4.6 We believe that societies must protect, cherish and nurture humans’ attentional capabilities
1. Limited attentional capabilities of humans(media overflow)
2. Inability to think and act collectively(to resolve contemporary complex challenges)
When we bring diverse stakeholders to discuss any issue we immediately face a great challenge:
How to blend their different, and many times opposite ideas, perspectives and opinions in an intelligent way, i.e., in a way that truly harnesses their collective wisdom.
25 ideas each ONE voteSPREADTHINK = 100%
1-2 votes might go to others’ ideas!SPREADTHINK <100%
More votes might go to others’ ideas!SPREADTHINK <= 50%
Converging means…Shared knowledgeCollective Understanding
25 opinions
Challenge
How to design and structure the process to guarantee that their collective wisdom will be harnessed.
100 or more ideas
20-30
35: Lack of understanding privacy issues
42: Difficulty to cope with privacy and security issues
Does 35 worsen 42
A YES, is result of great majorityA YES is an influence relationship
SDDP - Schools of tomorrow
Most influential factor:
Flexible curriculum
SDDP – Actions for Safer internet
7: Introduce safer internet in school curricula, embedding it within all subjects
13: Organized youth groups to promote and disseminate knowledge and experiences from the perspective of the youth
28: Use of new media and videos to witness personal experiences from victims
19: Workshops using real cases
37: Research collaborations between Ministries of Education, Academia, and Non-governmental actors
SDDP – The Positives of the internet
54: Can find any information on any subject immediately
67: Can pay most bills online and purchase globally
36: Geographically, distance is eliminated through virtual access to physical domains.
SDDP – The negatives of the Internet
19: The immortality of the data
45: Easy access to games and sites inappropriate for one’s age
54: Confusion between verified and unverified information
48: Exposure in racist content
The Science of Dialogic DesignIntegration of theory and practice
Jeff Diedrich: Logosofia - Next gen. SDD software
IdeaPrism: A collection of Web- and App technologies to support scaling-up
Cogniscope v3 and beyond
Our Tools
CONCLUSIONSActions for Safer internet
1. Embed safer internet in all subjects
2. Youth take the lead to promote and disseminate knowledge and experiences from their perspective
3. Use new media and videos to witness personal experiences from victims
4. Conduct workshops using real cases
5. Research collaborations between Ministries of Education, Academia, and Non-governmental actors